This is a list of geographic acronyms and initialisms. That is, it's a list of the names of cities, towns, lakes, and other geographic places that are derived from acronyms. Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term.

For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus. However, there are exceptions to this two/three rule in both lists, so it is more of a guideline than a hard-and-fast rule.

Regions

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Countries

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  • PakistanPunjab, Afghania, Kashmir, (I for pronunciation), Sindh, and BaluchisTAN, the northern provinces of British India. The name also means Land of the Pure in Urdu and Persian.

Provinces

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Other regions

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  • Banzare Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica — British–Australian–New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition[1]
  • BeneluxBElgium NEtherlands LUXembourg
  • Calabarzon — the Southern Tagalog Mainland region of the Philippines, comprising five provinces: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, and QueZON
  • LoVeSe — three island groups in northern Norway: LOfoten, VEsterålen, and SEnja, often used in relation to the political issue of oil extraction in the region. "LoVe" is also a common variation, referring to just Lofoten and Vesterålen.[2]
  • Luzviminda — three island groups in the Philippines: LUZon, VIsayas, and MINDAnao
  • Mimaropa, Philippines — provinces comprising the Southwestern Tagalog Region: MIndoro (East and West), MArinduque, ROmblon and PAlawan
  • NEPA, a common nickname of NorthEastern PennsylvaniA
  • NOVANOrthern VirginiA
  • Shoshanguve, South Aftrica — SOtho, SHAngaan, NGUni and VEnda, the languages of the peoples relocated to this township[3]
  • Soccsksargen, Philippines — administrative region: SOuth Cotabato, Cotabato City, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, SARangani and GENeral Santos City
  • SOWEGASOuth WEst GeorgiA
  • TAG CornerTennessee Alabama Georgia

Populated places

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Cities and towns

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Places named after companies

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Many of these places are former company towns.

Places named after people

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  • Aflex, KentuckyA. F. LEckie (X instead of CK)[17]
  • Aitch, PennsylvaniaAumen, Isett, Trexler, Crexwell, and Harker, town founders[46]
  • Alcolu, South CarolinaALderman COldwell LUla; mill owner, friend, and eldest daughter, respectively[8]
  • Almadane, Louisiana — three early settlers: AL Damereal, MAnn Huddleston, and DAN Knight + E for euphony[5]
  • Anarene, TexasANnA LauRENE Graham, daughter of early pioneer J. M. Keen[40]
  • Anco, KentuckyANderson COmbs, first postmaster[17]
  • Arbyrd, MissouriA. R. BYRD, landowner[47]
  • Archerwill, Saskatchewan — councilors ARCHie Hamilton Campbell and ERvie Edvin Hanson, and secretary-treasurer WILLiam S. Pierce of Barrier Valley Rural Municipality[12]
  • Arjay, KentuckyR. J. Asher, coal operator[17]
  • Armelgra, AlbertaARthur MELville GRAce, engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway[9]
  • Arvida, QuebecARthur VIning DAvis, president of Aluminum Company of Canada[48]: 68 
  • Awe, KentuckyAnthony Wayne Everman, first postmaster[17]
  • Bahama, North Carolina — three leading families of the community: BAll, HArris, and MAngum [8]
  • Balmorhea, TexasBALcolm, MOrrow, RHEA, town founders[40]
  • Benld, IllinoisBEN L. Dorsey, early settler[14]
  • Bolada, Arizona — three family names: BOnes LAne DAndera[25]
  • Bresaylor, Saskatchewan — three founding families: BREmner, SAYers, and TayLOR[12]
  • Bromer, Indiana — early settlers: Boyd, Roll, Oldham, McCoy, Ellis, and Reid[22]
  • Bucoda, Missouri — early settlers: BUchanan, COburn, and DAvis[47]
  • Bucoda, Washington — investors in local industry: J. M. BUckley, Samuel COulter, John B. DAvid[38]
  • Cabarton, Idaho — C. A. BARTON, official of the Boise Payette Lumber Company (a former company town of that company)[49]
  • Cadams, NebraskaC. ADAMS, local banker[50]
  • Chaney, Oklahoma[51] — six family names: Carey, Hull, Adams, Nichols, Edmonds, Yarnold[52]
  • Charlo, Port Elizabeth, South Africa — CHARles LOvemore, landowner[3]
  • Comrey, Alberta — names of six early settlers: Columbus Larson, Ole Roen, Mons Roen, R. Rolfson, J. J. Everson, Ed Yager[9]
  • Dacono, ColoradoDAisy Baum, COra Van Vorhies and NOra Brooks[43]
  • Delmar, Iowa — initials of six women on the first train to the new town: Della, Emma, Laura, Marie, Anna, and Rose.[53][54]
  • Edmore, MichiganEDwin MOoRE, the first settler of the village[55]
  • Emida, IdahoEast, MIller, and DAwson, three early family names[8]
  • Eram, Oklahoma[56] — four children of Ed Oates: Eugene, Roderick, Anthony, and Marie[57]
  • Ethanac, California — ETHAN A. Chase, landowner and political leader (town is now named Romoland, California)[11]
  • Faloma, OregonForce Love Moore, three original land-owners, with added vowels[15]
  • Fastrill, Texas — F. F. FArrington, P. H. STRause, and Will HILL, postmaster and two lumbermen[58]
  • Gamoca, West VirginiaGAuley, MOley, and CAmpbell[6]: 259 
  • Gathon, Illinois — Gallager, Adams, Tremblay, and Herzog (ON added by the post office)[14]
  • Geekabee Hill, Western Australia — George Kershaw Brown[59]
  • Germfask Township, Michigan — town founders: John Grant, Matthew Edge, George Robinson, Thaddeus Mead, Dr. W. W. French, Ezekiel Ackley, Oscar (O.D.) Sheppard, and Hezekiah Knaggs[37]
  • Golah, New York[60] — coined by Rev H. W. Howard from five local family names (names unknown)[8]
  • Hacoda, AlabamaHArt, COleman, DAvis, three local businessmen[4]
  • Halbrite, Saskatchewan — three Canadian Pacific Railway engineers: HALl, BRuce, WhITE[12]
  • Helechawa, KentuckyHELEn CHAse WAlbridge, daughter of W. Delancy Walbridge, first president of Ohio and Kentucky Railroad[17]
  • Hemaruka, Alberta — daughters of A. E. Warren, General Manager of Canadian National Railway: HElen, MArgaret, RUth and KAthleen[27]
  • Hisega, South Dakota — six women who built a camp site and country club at the location: Helen Scroggs, Ida Anding, Sadie Robinson, Ethel Brink, Grace Wasson, and Ada Pike[61]
  • Itmann, West VirginiaIsaac T. MANN, president of Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company[62]: 323 
  • Jacam, Manitoba[63]J. A. CAMpbell, politician[64]
  • Jayem, Kentucky — John Marshall Robsion, Sr., congressman[17]
  • Jay Em, WyomingJim Moore, cattle rancher[8]
  • Jayenne, West Virginia — Johnson Newlon Camden, US senator[6]
  • Jaype, Idaho — John P. Weyerhaeuser Jr., president of Potlatch Lumber Company[49]
  • Jetson, KentuckyJ. E. Taylor and SON, co-owners of a local business[17]
  • Kinnorwood, Illinois — H. L. KINney, George H. NORris, Robert P. WOODworth, land owners[14]
  • Klej Grange, MarylandJoseph William Drexel's four daughters: Katherine, Lucy, Elizabeth, and Josephine[65]
  • Kragon, KentuckyK. RAGON, founder and president of the Kentucky Wood Products Company[17]
  • Lecoma, Missouri — three local merchants: LEnox, COmstock, and MArtin [47]
  • Le Mars, Iowa — eight women from Cedar Rapids on a railroad excursion who were asked to name the town. Two of the letters, L and M, represent two women each: Lucy Ford and Laura Walker; Elizabeth Underhill or Ellen Cleghorn; Mary Weare and Martha Weare; Adeline Swain; Rebecca Smith; Sarah Reynolds.[66]
  • Lookeba, OklahomaLOwe, KElly and BAker, town founders (with an extra O)[57]
  • Mabana, WashingtonMABel ANderson, daughter of an early settler, plus A for pronunciation[38]
  • Mabscott, West VirginiaMABel SCOTT[6]
  • Maleb, Alberta — initials of the Bowen family: Morley, Amy, Lorne, Elizabeth, Bowen; disagreement over whether these are the initials of the parents[27] or the children[9]
  • Maljamar, New MexicoMALcolm, JAnet, MARgaret, children of William Mitchell, oil operator[67]
  • Marenisco Township, Michigan — either MARy ENId SCOtt,[37] or MAry RElief NIles SCOtt,[68] the wife of Emmet H. Scott, a timber producer
  • Marietta, OhioMARIe AntoinETTe plus A[69]
  • Marmarth, North DakotaMARgaret MARTHa Fitch, very young granddaughter of A. J. Ealing, railroad president[32]
  • Mesena, Georgia — coined by Dr. J. F. Hamilton, using the initial letters of the first names of his six daughters (names unknown)[7]
  • Milo, Oklahoma — initials of four daughters of J. W. Johnson (names unknown)[57]
  • Mohall, North DakotaMartin O. HALL, founder and first postmaster[32]
  • Mohrland, Utah — four investors in a coal mine: Mays, Orem, Heiner, and Rice plus LAND[41]
  • Natal, Oregon — NAThAnieL C. Dale, local landowner and Columbia County clerk[15]
  • Nemato, Port Alfred, South Africa — NElson MAndela TOwnship[3]
  • Newport, Texas — initials of seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiger, and Turner[40]
  • Neyami, Georgia — three subdevelopers: NEwton, YAncy, MIlner[7]
  • Norvelt, PennsylvaniaEleaNOR RooseVELT
  • Pawn, Oregon — local residents who applied for a post office: Poole, Ackerley, Worthington, Nolen[15]
  • Peedee, Kentucky — Pumphrey David Smith, landowner[17]
  • Primghar, Iowa — initials of eight people who had a major part in platting the town: Pumphrey; Roberts; Inman; McCormack; Green; Hayes or Hays; Albright; Rereick or Renck[70][68]
  • Renwer, Manitoba — A. E. WarREN and W. E. Roberts, railway officials[64]
  • Reston, VirginiaRobert E. Simon, founder of Reston, plus TON
  • Safe, Missouri — possibly early settlers: Shinkle, Aufderheide, Fann, and Essman[46]
  • Soda, Texas — initials of four names submitted to the post office (names unknown; now a ghost town)[71]
  • Tako, Saskatchewan[72] — homesteaders: Taylor, Aked, Krips, Olsen[12]
  • Tamalco, Illinois — W. H. TAylor, John M(A)cLaren, Frank COlwell, prominent locals[14]
  • Tejay, KentuckyThomas Jefferson Asher, landowner, founder, and judge[17]
  • Texico, IllinoisTEXas, Illinois, Claybourn, Osborn, the latter two being local family names[73]
  • Wahjamega, MichiganWilliam A. Heartt, James A. Montgomery, and Edgar George Avery[74]
  • Wascott, WisconsinW. A. SCOTT, railroad company president[68]
  • Walong, California — W. A. LONG, railroad official[11]
  • Willows, SaskatchewanWILliam Gibson LOWeS, owner of the first store[12]
  • Wimauma, FloridaWIlma, MAUd, MAry, daughters of Captain C. H. Davis, first postmaster[24]

Other places

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Neighborhoods

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Many of these names were the result of neighborhood rebranding, first in New York, and then in other cities. The names were mostly coined in imitation of Soho in Manhattan.

New York

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Los Angeles

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Denver, Colorado

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  • LoDoLOwer DOwntown
  • LoHi — LOwer HIghland
  • RiNo — RIver NOrth Art District
  • SoBro — SOuth BROadway

Metropolitan and suburban areas

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  • Camanava — the Northern Manila District of Metro Manila, Philippines; cities: CAloocan, MAlabon, NAvotas, VAlenzuela
  • Gerbangkertosusila — official acronym for the Surabaya Extended Metropolitan Area in East Java, Indonesia: GREsik BANGkalan MojoKERTO SUrabaya SIdoarjo LAmongan
  • Jabodetabek — the capital of Indonesia and suburbs: JAkarta, BOgor, DEpok, TAngerang and BEKasi
  • MM — Metro Manila, a metropolitan area and seat of government of the Philippines
  • Muntapat, Metro Manila, Philippines — three cities: MUNtinlupa, TAguig, PATeros
  • Muntiparlas, Metro Manila, Philippines — three cities: MUNTInlupa, PARañaque, LAS Piñas
  • Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa — SOuth WEstern TOwnships

In other cities

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Natural features

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Bodies of water

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  • Ayceecee Creek, British Columbia[80]Alpine Club of Canada (creek draining glaciers on Three Bears Mountain)[81]
  • Lake Carasaljo — daughters of Joseph Brick, owner of local Bergen Iron Works: CARrie (A for pronunciation), SALly, and JOsephine[62]: 322 
  • Lake Chaweva — CHArleston, WEst VirginiA[82]
  • Copco Lake, California — California Oregon Power COmpany
  • Emar Lake, Saskatchewan[83]Eldorado Mining And Refining[12]
  • Lake Jacomo, Missouri — JAckson COunty, MissOuri
  • Owaa Lake, Saskatchewan[84]Outdoor Writers Association of America (to mark a meeting of that organization in June 1967)[12]
  • Sareco Bay, Saskatchewan[85]SAskatchewan REsearch COuncil; contains Sareco Island[12]
  • Snafu Lake, Yukon — Situation Normal, All Fucked Up[48]: 69  (drained by Snafu Creek[86]); there is also a Snafu Lake in Ontario[87] and a Snafu Creek in Northwest Territories[88]
  • Swenoda Lake and Swenoda Township, Swift County, MinnesotaSWEdish NOrwegian DAnish, nationalities of settlers in that region[89]
  • Lake Taneycomo, Missouri — TANEY COunty, MissOuri
  • Tarfu Lake, Yukon — Things Are Really Fucked Up[48]: 69  (fed and drained by Tarfu Creek[90])
  • Lake Wagejo, Michigan — WAlter Koelz, GEorge Stanley, JOhn Brumm, zoologists[8]

Topography

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  • Delmarva PeninsulaDELaware MARyland VirginiA
  • Fasp Mountain, British Columbia[91]First Aid Ski Patrol[92]
  • Isar Mountain, Washington/British Columbia[93]Internation Search And Rescue[94]
  • Multorpor Butte or Mountain[95] — a mountain near Mount Hood: MULTnomah County, ORegon, PORtland[15]
  • Tamu MassifTexas A&M University; large undersea volcano in the western Pacific named by scientist after the school he taught at
  • Ubyssey Glacier, Mount Garibaldi, British Columbia[96]University of British Columbia[13]
  • Veeocee Mountain, British Columbia[97]Varsity Outdoor Club of the University of British Columbia[98]

Others

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See also

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